Shepherd wrote:
from RRP Amy .................
REDWING
Amy posted on RRP she hopes this is not ''another sterile falcon''
KING
Nora and I were laughing over being unable to tell how many eggs ......
Reading but not laughing - it is hard to see inside the box! A few things:
We are hoping to get new cams in here! Nora is completely right that is one of Bob's pet sites. We are in active discussion with Xcel to plan and deploy HD equipment, including sound!
On the fourth egg. This is a toughie, because I really respect Sky's observation talents and BCAW is a good place for information (we are probably going with phpBB since SMF, our forum software, sin't manageable under the current circumstances). However, falcons usually lay eggs roughly two days apart (I'm trying to remember if it is 42 or 48 hours apart. This is one of those times I really miss Bob). So we could have a fourth egg on the fourth, but it seems unlikely unless egg three came on the second and not the third.
On a fifth egg: We had four here last year, but that doesn't mean we couldn't have five. However, I am having a really hard time telling just looking in the box! I need to remember to check early in the day and hope she is off them when I do!
Thanks for the caps, notes, and comments! They are so helpful to me as I try to round everything up!
Amy
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BLACKDOG
They don't have a box up right now because of all the de-construction going on. After some discussion, we all concluded that it would be better for the falcons to search elsewhere than lay eggs in a box that had to be removed or was interrupted so often that the embryos died. They will put one back up on the turbine building when the project is done, so probably ready for next spring. This is what we did at the Riverside plant, and it worked quite well.
I'm going to lock the thread but leave it up for now, since I know this was a popular box. It was truly a favorite site of mine and while I'm pretty confident we'll see falcons on the roof of the turbine building, my favorite spot in the air will be sorely missed!
Amy
Shep...please move your Blackdog and King posts to the appropriate thread or I will be deleting...
Its starting to get all mixed up and confusing...thanks..